Undefeated American super-lightweight Regis Prograis (20-0, 17 KOs) may become the next opponent of former world champion Victor Postol (29-1, 12 KOs). Postol and Prograis attended the annual World Boxing Council (WBC) congress, which is taking place these days in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they unofficially announced their fight. The teams of Postol and Prograis still have to agree on terms of this meeting.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion legendary George Forman called out the American actor Stephen Segal. Forman stated this on his page in Twitter. "Steven Seagal, I challenge you One on one, I use boxing you can use whatever. 10 rounds in Vegas," Forman, 68, wrote.
The final press conference of Chris Yubank Jr. and his opponent in a fight on October 7 in Stuttgart Avni Yildirim ended in a scandal when the promoter of the Turkish boxer Ahmet Oner first made a verbal skirmish with one of the British team members, then started to call him for an immediate fight and soon left the room with his boxer.
The fight of WBO super featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) and Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-0, 11 KOs) will bring together the full hall. As the promoter Bob Arum said in an interview there are less than 100 tickets left for the Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo said that in 10 years he could start a boxing career following the example of former Manchester United colleague Rio Ferdinand. Portuguese striker told this to Ferdinand himself in an interview.
Former P4P king Floyd Mayweather boasted of the cars he bought after a fight with UFC champion Conor MacGregor. Mayweather spent about four million dollars on the new machine. Mayweather earned more than 300 million for the fight with MacGregor.
Former world super lightweight champion Kostya Tszyu told in an interview to Es News that he is looking forward to the fight of WBO champion in the super featherweight division of Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) versus Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-0, 11 KOs), noting, that he would not mind coming to the ring against the Ukrainian.
Watch the promo of the battle for the inaugural 168lb (76,2 kg) Muhammad Ali Trophy in Stuttgart, Germany, on October 7 when IBO Champion Chris Eubank Jr. (25-1-0, 19 KOs) meets Turkish Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs) in a quarter-final bout at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle.
The semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) between WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) and WBO champion Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) may take place on January 20. According to the schedule of the tournament, Berlin is planned to host this fight, but the organizers of the WBSS were impressed by the atmosphere in Riga, where the Briedis vs Mike Perez fight was held, and they are ready to hold a fight of this level in the capital of Latvia.
WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) says that he would like to fight a semi-final bout of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) against WBO champion Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) in Riga, Latvia, and that he has a lot ofl work before the fight.
